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The San Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants list was revealed last night giving top honors to Spanish restaurant El Celler de Can Roca and knocking the No. 1 restaurant for the past two years, Noma, to second place. The only U.S. restaurant to make the top ten, Eleven Madison Park in New York City, placed at No. 5.

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El Cellar de Can Roca in Girona, Spain, took the top spot this year in the annual World's 50 Best Restaurant awards, pushing former first-place winner Noma to third. New York City's Eleven Madison Park slipped a spot to fifth place, and the other U.S. eateries to make the list were Le Bernardin, Alinea, Per Se, Blue Hill at Stone Barns and The French Laundry.

Jordi Roca, recently named the World's Best Pastry Chef by Restaurant Magazine, stumbled into the profession after learning from the pastry chef at his family's restaurant El Celler de Can Roca in Spain. Roca explains how he creates new dishes that often feature savory elements and use many of the ripe, flavorful fruits found in the region.

Three-time winner Noma regained the top spot on Restaurant magazine's annual list of the world's 50 best restaurants, after falling to second place last year behind Spain's El Celler de Can Roca. The Copenhagen eatery and chef Rene Redzepi have gained a global following for Noma's hyper-local Nordic menu, which often includes foraged ingredients. El Celler fell to second place, and Italy's Osteria Francescana, New York City's Eleven Madison Park and London's Dinner by Heston Blumenthal rounded out the top five.

Copenhagen's Noma, named the world's best restaurant three years running, is working hard and fast to recover after 63 patrons fell ill after eating at the restaurant in February. The culprit? Norovirus, likely brought in by an employee who was not yet showing symptoms of sickness.